Combined ash tray and cigarette cutter



April 3, 1956 C. T. HARRIS Filed sept. 3, 1955 COMBINED ASH TRAY AND CIGARETTE CUTTER JNVENTOR. CHA/@M5 7. #AEE/J limited States Patent C CGMBINED ASH TRAY AND CIGARETTE CUTTER Charles T. Harris, Waterbury, Conn. Application September 3, 1953, Serial No. 37 8,351

1 Claim. (Cl. 131-233) This invention relates to smokers accessories and more particularly to a combined ash tray and cigarette Cutter.

One object of the present invention is to provide a device of the above nature which will permit the burning end of a cigarette to be cut oi from the remainder of the cigarette and deposited in the ash tray.

A further object is to provide a device of the above nature in which the unburned portion of the cigarette may be saved for re-smoking at a later time.

A further object is to provide a device of the above nature which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate, compact, ornamental in appearance and very eiiicent and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view there has been illustrated on the accompanying drawing, one form in which the invention may conveniently be embodied in practice.

In the drawing,

Fig. l represents a top plan view of a combined ash tray and cigarette cutter embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of the same, taken along the broken line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and showing in dotted lines the position of the blade carrier when it is swung above portions of the angular brackets.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on a larger scale taken at right angles to the view of Fig. 2 on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and showing in dotted lines the position of the cigarette when the tip is being cut off by the blade.

Referring now to the drawing, in which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral indicates an ash tray having a square dished base 11, with four upwardly inclined sides 12. The top of the ash tray is provided with four horizontal lat anges 13, 14, and 16, generally concave in plan view and having four radial corner recesses 17, 13, 19, and which serve to receive cigarettes when not being smoked.

Provision is also made of a horizontal crossbar 21 having inwardly and downwardly bent ends 22, 23 embracing the opposite flanges 13, 15 of the ash tray.

Secured to the horizontal at cross-bar 21 as by brazing or soldering are a pair of elongated angular brackets 24, 25 which are provided with concave central recesses 26, 27 in their vertical sections for receiving a cigarette C during the process of cutting off the tip A therefrom.

The angular brackets 24, 25 are provided at one end with a pair of spaced upstanding triangular ears 2S, 29 which embrace one end 30 of a carrier arm 31 having its central portion 32 doubled over to frictionally hold a razor blade 33. The end 30 of said arm 31 has an elongated slot 34 loosely mounted on a rivet 35, the opposite ends of which are headed over upon ther outside surfaces of the ears 2S, 29. The free end 36 of the arm 31 serves as a manipulating handle therefor.

Operation The cigarette is positioned in the recesses 26 and 27 as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, and thus the -lighted tip A of the cigarette C will be severed from the unburnt section of the cigarette by means ofthe blade 33 carried by the arm 31 when the handle is swung downwardly. This will cause the ash and the'burning tobacco to fall into one side of the ash tray 10. The remainder of the cigarette C may then be laid in any one of the radial recesses 17, 18, 19 and 20, until it is desired to re-smoke the cigarette. The slot 34 permits the cigarette to be cut with a sliding cutting action.

A further use of this device is for cutting a king size cigarette into two pieces to permit shorter smokes.

While there has been disclosed in this specification one form in which the inventio-n may be embodied, it is to be understood that this form is shown for the purpose of illustration only and that the invention is not to be limited to the speciic disclosure but may be modiednand embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. In short, the invention includes all the' modications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claim.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent is:

in a combined cigarette cutter and ash receptacle, a tray having a at substantially polygonal bottom provided with upstanding walls, each or said walls having 'an outwardly extending flange at its upperend, a flat horizontal crossbar having its ends secured to an opposed pair of said ilanges,`a pair of angular brackets having horizontal base sections secured to said crossbar and spaced upwardly-extendingvertical sections, and a carrier pivotally mounted between the vertical sections of said angular' brackets for frictionally holding a razor blade therebetween.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 68,785 Peterson Sept. 10, 1867 1,025,484 Schwieger May 7, 1912 1,216,856 Secord Feb. 20, 1917 1,832,372 Evens Nov. 17, 1931 1,964,388 Simpson June 26, 1934 FOREIGN PATENTS 721,341 Germany June 3, 1942 

